Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?

Posted by dorothy1914 @dorothy1914, Feb 13 5:13pm

In Sept. 2024 out of nowhere I developed extreme anxiety. Went to primary care doctor and was prescribed Effexor (which I had successfully taken previously). This time it didn’t provide any help. Dr. then prescribed Lexapro (which didn’t help) and then Celexa (which didn’t help). By this time, I lost 45 pounds by not being able to eat and constant diarrhea. Dr. then told me to find another practitioner as there was nothing more she could do for me. Since then I have seen 4 PNP and none of their prescribed meds have helped. What do I do?

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msh466 | @msh466 | 5 hours ago

Part of the problem for me is defining or separating my anxiety from depression. Cause for me one leads to the other. And it’s not a one pill solution. Then there is the over medication of taking too much. Either it makes you sick or turns you into a zombie. Nether are desirable and in fact make things worse. Achieving a balance takes time. My depression is situational. But not the anxiety. When I found out I has precancerous Smoldering Myeloma it tipped the scales. Caused an avalanche of moods and emotions that without meds I could not control. And the meds do not control me. Not literally but take the edge off. Make me feel ok and I can get on in life.